I am trying to write this post for so long. Just staring at the screen with the "Colour Blue" playing on the background. Trust me this is not happening so often. Ciaran Lavery and Ryan Vail are two kind young men from North Ireland. Even though music is a united thing, they came from other sides of music. Lavery is a gorgeous folk singer and Vail creates Dark Melodic Electronic music. They both lived by the sea and the outcome of their collaboration proves how inspiring the water can be. Their mini album "Sea Legs" was only released a month ago and it feels like it could stay in our ears forever. The gentle touch of the melodies, the vocals, the background electronic sounds and the lyrics are going to captivate your soul. Enjoy and read the official lyrics only on Lyrics On My Wall.
Ciaran Lavery & Ryan Vail-The Colour Blue For all that you want you never have it all
Lying on my back a-waiting for your call
Images are stacked, the radio is low & my heart is too
Sleeping in your bed I wonder where you go
Walking all your floors, I've tickets to the show See you dancing, hands all glorious & cold in the colour blue
So I put on my suit & I race toward the light
And I chase your shadow from here into the night
If what I want from this world has been pushed out with the tide..
Villagers are from Dublin. They are an indie folk band only formed back in 2008. The founder and lead singer is Conor O'Brien. He could easily remind you of Paolo Nutini and I am talking about the quality of his voice. Their third album was out just a month ago, April 2015 under the title "Darling Arithmetic" with a list of lovely tracks. The main theme of this album is Love. Love in all its forms, from the beginning to the end. O' Brien is noted for his dark lyrics. The new album was written, recorded, produced and mixed by Conor at his own home, with him playing all instruments on the record, as you can watch in the music video of "Everything I Am Is Yours". Enjoy the Villagers!
Villagers-Everything I Am Is Yours
I am just a man tippin' on the wire Tight rope walking fool balanced on desire I can not control these ever changing ways So how can I be sure the feeling will remain It'll always change But everything I am is yours Everything I am is yours
Find it hard to say what's going on inside Got these little walls, couldn't break them if I tried But I promise I'll be true and I promise I'll be right Sickness and in health In the darkness and the light I give you every sigh 'Cause everything I am is yours Everything I am is yours
Left my demons at the door So what you opening it for? I guess they'll help you understand Everything I am, Everything I am
I woke up today with Agape on my mind. You know it is very unusual to hear a greek word as a title of a track. Then you find out that Bear's Den are singing it and then you watch the music video. I mean, you have to pay attention. Bear's Den is a band made by a trio back in 2012. They write and play mostly alternative folk music and they have released their debut album Islands in 2014. They have supported artists like Mumford and Sons, Daughter and Matt Corby. They might ring a bell if you have watched the wonderful music documentary "Austin To Boston" featuring Ben Howard, The Staves, Nathaniel Rateliff and Bear's Den. If you haven't then you should definitely watch it right away. The band's Kev Jones explains the song and video: "To me the song is partly about insecurity in a relationship, about never being able to shake that feeling, and how by default that feeling can lead to a relationship's demise. I thought slowly sinking into the sand only to be engulfed in waves summed that up well, the feeling of inevitability brought on by your own thoughts and the sensation of restriction that can manifest itself in those situations… The shoot itself was a little more brutal that we had imagined, nothing can quite prepare you for being buried fully clothed in wet sand at 8AM on a January morning." Enjoy!
Bear's Den-Agape
Agape Please don't dissipate I know that I've got it all wrong I'm reaching out To touch your voice But baby I'm clutching at straws
Eventhough your words hurt the most I still want to hear them Every day You say let it go, but I can't let it go I wanna believe every word that you say
For I'm so scared of losing you and I don't know what I can do about it About it So tell me how long love before you go and leave me here on my own I know it
I don't want to know who I am without you.
Agape Please don't dissipate Yeah, I know that I've got it all wrong I'm reaching out To touch your voice But baby I'm clutching at straws
For I'm so scared of losing you and I don't know what I can do about it About it So tell me how long love before you go and leave me here on my own I know it I don't want to know who I am without you.
I don't want to know. I don't want to know. I don't want to know.
For I'm so scared of losing you and I don't know what I can do about it About it So tell me how long love before you go and leave me here on my own I know it I know it So tell me how long love before you go and leave me here on my own I don't want to know who I am without you. I don't want to know who I am without you.
You probably know him already from the posts about his band Junip, but we are extremely excited about this brand new album of Jose Gonzalez. This new album is, without question, the most highly anticipated of his career. One can find traces of inspired protest songs and eccentric folk rock on Vestiges & Claws: frustration and optimism. It’s a collection that is simultaneously confident, free and uncertain.He has focused more on the role of being a producer this time. He has spent more time thinking of what’s best for the song and the recording. This explains completely why this album must be in your music library. A few weeks ago, José González starred in Calexico's "Falling From The Sky" video as the caretaker to a big, creepy worm. That video was the first of a two-part story from director Mikel Cee Karlsson. Today brings González's video for "Open Book", from this year'sVestiges & Claws, which continues the narrative. Below, watch González continue to care for the worm until the situation becomes untenable.
José González - Open Book I feel just like an open book, Exposing myself in this neighborhood Talking to people as if I'd knew them well Thinking that everyone has come through different kinds of well Lately I found myself in doubt, Ask myself what it's all about What am I doing here? What's this leading to? What's the point of all? I found you! I've got promises to keep like a cannon would land upon my feet, Each time I fall
Every now and then in dreams by the river with no trees Leaves are yellow, red and brown, and I hear You whisper in my ear Your love belongs to everyone I feel just like an open book, A couple of words, it's all it took In front of the bright white covers, still vacantly Against my will, a drifting vessel in the storm Pushed around, from shore to shore I know there's so much left to see I know I have so much left to give But the memories remain, yet the scars don't feel the same Filling page just one by one, in the warmth of other suns
We've been waiting and waiting for new stuff by this band. Of Monsters And Men only came to life as a band in 2010, but they had the ability to haunt us down with their magical vocals. We can only expect something better than their debut album. The first track "Crystals" is very promising for the upcoming album "Beneath the Skin", which is going to be released on 9th June. The album and single artwork was created by artist Leif Podhajsky. The music video for Crystals is completely weird as it was supposed to be. The song itself, I think it is about the joy you can feel, the feeling of goosebumps. When you forgive. When you forget. When you are pass by fear. When you dream. Enjoy on Lyrics On My Wall.
Of Monsters And Men-Crystals Lost in skies of powdered gold Caught in clouds of silver ropes Showered by the empty hopes As I tumble down, falling fast to the ground
I know I'll wither so peel away the bark 'Cause nothing grows when it is dark In spite of all my fears, I can see it all so clear I see it all so clear
Woah Cover your crystal eyes And feel the tones that tremble down your spine Woah Cover your crystal eyes And let your colours bleed and blend with mine
Making waves in pitch black sand Feel the salt dance on my hands Raw and charcoal coloured thighs Feel so cold and my skin feels so paper-thin
I know I'll wither so peel away the bark 'Cause nothing grows when it is dark In spite of all my fears, I can see it all so clear I see it all so clear
Woah Cover your crystal eyes And feel the tones that tremble down your spine Woah Cover your crystal eyes And let your colours bleed and blend with mine
But I'm okay in see-through skin I forgive what is within 'Cause I'm in this house I'm in this home All my time
Woah Cover your crystal eyes And feel the tones that tremble down your spine Woah Cover your crystal eyes And let your colours bleed and blend with mine
David Rhodes is this mystical young man from Baldock in Hertfordshire. If you have been to any concerts of Ben Howard, Sam Smith, London Grammar or Amber Run, then you probably know him already. He goes by his surname "Rhodes" and he is writing his own music. If you ask him what is the music he writes, he is going to tell you "Dark but uplifting Cinematic Pop", which at first it's going to let you with your jaw dropping but when you start digging in his music, it will make perfect sense. You can file him next to Bon Iver, James Vincent McMorrow because of his wonderful and effortless falsettos. His new song "Turning Back Around" will send you on a trip especially if you watch the music video. They were totally had fun shooting this. Enjoy!
RHODES-Turning Back Around There's water on the ground, I'm buying my story I don't know how shallow it is Can you tell? Can you tell just by looking at me?! Well I need to get across, But my hands are tied by my side Can you swing? Can you swing just by kicking out? I didn't mean no harm, I didn't mean no harm Now I'm hiding from everyone I know Can't tell 'em what I know I'm lying to everyone I know, Can't tell 'em what I know and no, I'm not turning back around!
Uh my gentle moves low You don't know how long it have been Can you tell? Can you tell just by looking at me?! Well, I didn't mean no harm, I didn't mean no harm Now I'm hiding from everyone I know Can't tell 'em what I know I'm lying to everyone I know, Can't tell 'em what I know and no, I'm not turning back around!
I'm not turning back around! I'm not turning back around! I'm not turning back around! I'm not turning back around!
[Outro: ] I heard you, I heard you on I heard you, I heard you on I heard you, I heard you on I heard you, I heard you on I heard you, I heard you on I heard you, I heard you on
I'm not turning back around! I'm not turning back around!
Once you listen to this track, you will be for a while in another place. Somewhere where all the things seem possible, love and other stuff. Silences is the music project of Conchúr White. Since being joined by his cousin Breandán White, and close friends Christopher Harbinson, Michael Keyes and Jonathan Downing. Currlently located at Armagh. They were formed only in 2013. Their sound is kinda fresh and nostalgic. They can easily remind you of Coldplay's old times and Sigur Ros melodies. As the band claims: "The Sea pays homage to desire over fear. It is an amalgamation of everything we have learnt and signifies an advancement in both writing and production". The official launch of their new single "The Sea" will be out on 5th May, and they we will be able to add the music video to this post. Since then, you can only listen to it and watch another music video of them "Sister Snow". Enjoy!
Silences-The Sea The waves seem quaint to the ones we tamed, to the ones we tamed But that tone it begs for me to go so I'll go. At the port you'll learn that the rags I wore were only worn To bring me here, it's you I want to wear. If only for my confidence in all the things that don't make sense I'll brave it all, I'll swim right through, the sea then you. And the marks we fear, this ship saw piers, this ship saw piers But you know you are its lighthouse, don't you dear? If only for my confidence in all the things that don't make sense I'll brave it all, I'll swim right through, the sea then you. Open water won't decide all the colour I deny. If only for my confidence in all the things that don't make sense I'll brave it all, I'll swim right through, the sea then you.
